Safety and Efficacy of Drugs Given Off-label for COVID-19

Fernandez-Tresguerres et al., NCT05596617, NCT05596617, Mar 2022

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Melatonin for COVID-19

11th treatment shown to reduce risk in December 2020, now with p = 0.000000047 from 19 studies.

Lower risk for mortality, ventilation, and recovery.

No treatment is 100% effective. Protocols combine treatments.

5,700+ studies for 169 treatments. c19early.org

335 patient melatonin late treatment study with results not reported over 3 years after completion.

3 melatonin RCTs have results missing long after expected1-3
The trials report a total of 268 patients, with 2 trials having actual enrollment of 168, and the other estimated.

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1. Boukef et al., Melatonin, Vitamins and Minerals Supplements for the Treatment of Covid-19 and Covid-like Illness: Results of a Prospective, Randomised, Double-blinded Multicentre Study, NCT05670444, clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05670444.clinicaltrials.gov.

2. Piovezan et al., Adjuvant Therapeutic Effects of Melatonin Agonist on Hospitalized Patients With Confirmed or Suspected COVID-19, NCT04470297, clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04470297.clinicaltrials.gov.

3. Rodríguez-Rubio et al., A phase II, single-center, double-blind, randomized placebo-controlled trial to explore the efficacy and safety of intravenous melatonin in patients with COVID-19 admitted to the intensive care unit (MelCOVID study): a structured summary of a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial, Trials, doi:10.1186/s13063-020-04632-4.biomedcentral.com, doi.org.

Fernandez-Tresguerres et al., 31 Mar 2022, Spain, trial NCT05596617 (history).

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